LOL. --178 Republicans vote *against* Mother's Day

[underpants]

VIDEO of the calling of the vote here
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/09/republicans-vote-ag... /

Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.

"Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced.

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved to table Tiahrt's request, setting up a revote. This time, 178 Republicans cast their votes against mothers.

[blondeatlast]

1. Get thee to the Greatest Page ASAP.

Oh, my Lord, this mom is laughing so hard I've got to leave for a moment--excuse me...

:rofl:

[eShirl]

2. wtf?

are they THAT paranoid?

[Leftist Agitator]

3. Fucking idiots.

:eyes:

[VP505]

4. 178 Reptilian douche bags,

voting against celebrating Mothers, UNBELIEVABLE!

[htuttle]

5. Whoops -- I guess they went and looked up the history of Mother's Day...

From Wikipedia:

The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the United States, Mother's Day was loosely inspired by the British day and was imported by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War. However, it was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation as a call for peace and disarmament. Howe failed in her attempt to get formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace. Her idea was influenced by Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker who, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work Days. She organized women throughout the Civil War to work for better sanitary conditions for both sides, and in 1868 she began work to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors.

It will be interesting to see if there is any coverage about where Mother's Day came from in conjunction with this.

[elizfeelinggreat]

28. That's right !!

I should have read the whole thread more carefully before I posted below!

I'm sure they did know what it was all about but didn't dare admit they wanted to avoid endorsing a holiday that was meant to "unite women against war". LOL!

[lonestarnot]

32. Now do you see why I call them Motherfuckers?

[deadmessengers]

6. There has to be more to it than this.

There has to be - there's just no other rational explanation for this? Was there some crazy amendment in there?

[Marr]

8. That's what I want to know.

This seems like half the story.

[dnbmathguy]

11. It was a procedural tactic to try and slow things down

Still, who thought it would be a good idea to vote against Mother's Day?

[maui9002]

38. Milbank's article in Washington Post has explanation

In addition to be a procedural tactic, Milbank explains what GOP is doing to stop votes on mortgage crisis relief (like holding "revotes" on Mothers Day, which may really backfire for GOP), that GOP is complaining that Democrats aren't including them in legislative process (sound familiar, Mr. Boehner? Payback's a bitch, isn't it?), and that Boehner thinks election of Democrat in Republican district in Louisiana is a "wakeup" call for Republicans (he's just now waking up to the notion that the country is dissatisfied with Republicans?????) It's an interesting read (although you may need to go to WaPo website to find; link above doesn't seem to work.

[BrklynLib at work]

7. I truly believe that there is some sort of contagious insanity among the Repukes.

[dnbmathguy]

9. How can anyone be that stupid?

"They were for Mother's Day, before they were against it." That needs to be repeated non-stop from now until the election.

[KamaAina]

10. Coming up next: Repukes come out against apple pie

:eyes:

[underpants]

19. Like in Feb 1995 when they (and some Dems) VOTED DOWN THE 4TH AMENDMENT?

February 7, 1995 - House Republicans Vote Down Fourth Amendment

Republicans Vote Down the 4th Amendment (sort of)

It's amazing what you find on the 'net. I had a brainlock while doing my last post on McClellan leaving his job and had to look up the 4th ammendment to make sure I had the right one when I stumbled across this web page on the personal site of Michael DuVernois, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. Here's what the page says:
February 7, 1995 - House Republicans Vote Down Fourth Amendment

During the debate today over the House Republicans' bill about the Exclusionary Rule, the House Black Caucus introduced an amendment to the bill that the Republicans promptly voted down. The amendment turned out to be the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, verbatim. The House Republicans were "chagrined." The vote was 303-121, meaning that a number of Democrats joined the Republicans.


http://thepetecom.blogspot.com/2006/04/republicans-vote-down-4th-amendment.html

[KamaAina]

23. Then there was the time some people in Maine took a petition to a shopping mall

and tried to get people to sign it.

Few people would. They got called communists, and worse.

The petition consisted of the Bill of Rights, verbatim.

[depakid]

33. "a number of Democrats joined the Republicans."

Which is yet another reason why the nation is in the sorry shape it's in....

[silverweb]

12. Procedural delay was the motive.

From the article:

Republicans, unhappy with the Democratic majority, have been using such procedural tactics as this all week to bring the House to a standstill, but the assault on mothers may have gone too far.

<snip>

Whatever happens in Mississippi, Boehner has enough trouble to preoccupy him here in Washington, where House Democrats have been passing their agenda with little thought for Republican preferences. "The majority has taken, once again, their go-it-alone policy," Boehner lamented yesterday. "It's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together."

To induce this working together, Boehner decided to stop the House from working at all. As House Democrats tried to pass legislation to ease the mortgage crisis on Wednesday, Republicans served up hours of procedural delays, demanding a score of roll call votes: 10 motions to adjourn, half a dozen motions to reconsider, various and sundry amendments, a motion to approve the daily journal, a motion to instruct and a "motion to rise."

Typical reTHUG tactics. If they can't get their way all the time, no one's going to get anything done at all.

[nichomachus]

14. If I remember correctly

this is the same type of tactic they used in the mid-'90s and guaranteed Bill Clinton's re-election.

Bring 'em on!

[underpants]

20. Speaking of the 90's

see post #19

[blondeatlast]

21. Your sig line--OMG, I love it!

I'm really partial to mine, but I've suffered with that dimwit as my Senator since even before I had a choice in the matter--could I copy it, maybe?


Regardless, kudos to you or to whomever came up with it--that's perfect!

[madinmaryland]

17. So is Boh-ner going to cry about having to celebrate Mother's Day??

:rofl:

[sofa king]

35. Sheesh. Now that's chutzpah!

Am I the only one who recalls how Dennis Hastert vowed in December of 2004 to ignore all legislation that did not have majority Republican support? Or how Democratic Members of Congress were literally locked out of appropriations committee deliberations in 2005? Or how Sen. Lott happily trotted out the so-called nuclear option as a means of killing the same procedural games Boehner is now playing? Or how Ted Stevens threatened to resign if the victims of Hurricane Katrina were given the funds slated for the bridge to nowhere?

So when boner whines about the "go it alone policy" of the Democrats in Congress, let us all recall that whenever we want to, we can send every last damned Republican up Connecticut Avenue to their prostitutes' love nests while the grown-ups sort out the mess they've made. They showed us how to do it.

The Democratic Party chooses not to do such a thing because it is disrespectful of parliamentary rule and the minority voice in Congress. That these troglodytes happily participated in trashing that tradition should be item number one in any discussion of the issue.

[uppityperson]

13. Here is the text of the bill...

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr110-1113&tab=summary
The following summary is provided by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan government entity that serves Congress and is run by the Library of Congress. The summary is taken from the official website THOMAS.
4/16/2008--Introduced.
Celebrates the role of mothers in the United States and supports the goals and ideals of Mother's Day.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr110-1113

Text of Legislation

HRES 1113 EH

H. Res. 1113

(this part should be crossed out but I can't figure out how to do that) InH. RES. 1113Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day.IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 16, 2008Mr. FORTENBERRY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRESOLUTIONCelebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the House of Representatives, U. S.,

May 7, 2008.

Whereas Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of each May;

Whereas the first official Mother's Day was observed on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

Whereas 2008 is the 100th anniversary of the first official Mother's Day observation;

Whereas in 1908, Elmer Burkett, a U.S. senator from Nebraska, proposed making Mother's Day a national holiday;

Whereas in 1914, Congress passed a resolution designating the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day;

Whereas it is estimated that there are more than 82,000,000 mothers in the United States;

Whereas mothers have made immeasurable contributions toward building strong families, thriving communities, and ultimately a strong Nation;

Whereas the services rendered to the children of the United States by their mothers have strengthened and inspired the Nation throughout its history;

Whereas we honor ourselves and mothers in the United States when we revere and emphasize the importance of the role of the home and family as the true foundation of the Nation;

Whereas mothers continue to rise to the challenge of raising their families with love, understanding, and compassion, while overcoming the challenges of modern society; and

Whereas May 11, 2008 is recognized as Mother's Day: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives celebrates the role of mothers in the United States and supports the goals and ideals of Mother's Day.

[MidwestTransplant]

15. WHY DO THEY HATE AMERICA. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING SO ANTI AMERICAN

I bet most were even wearing flag pins made in China.

[blondeatlast]

16. Great article outlining the failures of the Congressional Republicans.

I recommend reading the whole thing--and the photo is priceless... :rofl:

[Initech]

18. They must reproduce asexually then.

[blondeatlast]

22. Nah--snowflake babies. "Mom" is no more than a vessel, as in the FlighMom Mark IV,

pictured here:

[ColbertWatcher]

30. They are adherents of "Quiverful" Evangelism...

...which states sex is bad, but Christian children is good.

[crimsonblue]

24. Tiahrt is a lying DOUCHEBAG..

here is a screen capture of the official press release on Tiahrt's congressional website.


here's a link to Tiahrt's website: http://tiahrt.house.gov/

Here's Tiahrt's phone number (be sure to let him know how you feel about his hatred of mothers): 202.225.6216

[Ganja Ninja]

25. Those dirty muthers!

:crazy:

[elizfeelinggreat]

26. Mother's Day = PEACE

Isn't that right or do I have the wrong day?

Didn't the woman who started or inspired Mother's Day movement write a poem about ending war?

[elizfeelinggreat]

27. Here it is:

The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the United States, Mother's Day was loosely inspired by the British day and was imported by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War. However, it was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation as a call for peace and disarmament. Howe failed in her attempt to get formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace. Her idea was influenced by Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker who, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work Days. She organized women throughout the Civil War to work for better sanitary conditions for both sides, and in 1868 she began work to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors.

When Jarvis died in 1907, her daughter, named Anna Jarvis, started the crusade to found a memorial day for women. The first such Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia, on 10 May 1908, in the church where the elder Ann Jarvis had taught Sunday School. Originally the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, this building is now the International Mother's Day Shrine (a National Historic Landmark). From there, the custom caught on — spreading eventually to 45 states. The holiday was declared officially by some states beginning in 1912. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day, as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war.


from Wikipedia

Those republicans don't need no stinking peace!

[struggle4progress]

29. Congress finds itself voting against Mom (Another link to the WaPo article:)

... For the record, Fossella did not participate in the Mother's Day vote.

Neither is Boehner likely to be helped by a Senate Ethics Committee decision Thursday exonerating Sen. David Vitter, R-La., over his use of the "D.C. Madam's" call girls. The Senate cleared him because the prostitution occurred when he was in the House - and the House can't punish him because he left for the Senate. The madam, meanwhile, killed herself by hanging last week.

Then Boehner must grapple with the problematic case of Don Cazayoux. The Democrat last week won a House seat in Louisiana vacated by Republican Richard Baker. The seat hadn't been held by a Democrat since 1974, and President Bush won 59 percent of the vote in the district in 2004. "The loss in Louisiana is a wake-up call," Boehner admitted Thursday ...

Boehner decided to stop the House from working at all. As House Democrats tried to pass legislation to ease the mortgage crisis on Wednesday, Republicans served up hours of procedural delays, demanding a score of roll call votes: 10 motions to adjourn, half a dozen motions to reconsider, various and sundry amendments, a motion to approve the daily journal, a motion to instruct and a "motion to rise." ...

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2008/05/08/20080508motherhood-vote0508-ON.html

[grantcart]

34. why those motherless . . . .

(best comment on the log lol)

[femrap]

31. This Nay vote on Mother's Day could

come in very handy for the Dem opponent running against the Mother-Hater!

[Jack Rabbit]

36. What good is a cheap tin flag on one's lapel

. . . if one doesn't honor motherhood?

These guys probably hate apple pie, too.

[knitter4democracy]

37. Wrote my ltte about our idiot rep.

Walberg is such a schmuck.

[klook]

39. Against Mother's Day, against all helpful economic and health initiatives...

Are we seeing a pattern here? Are Republicans anti-Life?

Well, at least they're for guns and the Unborn, and agin' gay marriage!